DigiKoo

DigiKoo GmbH, founded in 2017 as a start-up of innogy SE (now part of e.on), has developed into a leading provider of data-driven solutions for the energy sector. Based in Essen, Germany, the company focuses on the development and provision of innovative digital tools that enable municipal utilities, municipalities, network operators, and energy suppliers to efficiently and digitally plan and implement their climate goals.

The core of DigiKoo is the cloud- and map-based software platform DigiPAD. This platform collects, structures, and visualizes information from public and private sources to enable robust statements about the current status and future developments in the areas of electricity, transport, and heat. With DigiPAD, various scenarios for the future heat supply of a municipality can be calculated and presented, including the impacts of different heating technologies, the expansion of district heating areas, and the application of a technology mix[1][2][4].

DigiKoo believes that climate-neutral cities lay the crucial foundation for a sustainable world. The company's mission is to support cities, municipalities, and energy suppliers in achieving their climate goals by forecasting and shaping the future of the climate transition locally. DigiKoo relies on cooperative collaboration among many stakeholders to promote a climate-neutral, sustainable, and intelligently acting society[1][4].

A central goal of DigiKoo is to support municipal heat planning to achieve a climate-neutral heat supply. The company helps municipalities make the right decisions by analyzing the status quo of heat consumption, building and heating stock, and income structure, as well as presenting various scenarios for future heat supply. DigiKoo works closely with partners such as Wärmeschmiede GmbH to develop and implement innovative and future-proof solutions in municipal heat planning[1][4].

DigiKoo emphasizes the importance of digitalization in the energy supply system to make it safe and efficient. The DigiPAD 2.0 platform, developed in cooperation with .QIT, includes the DigiKoo Configurator, a tool that allows for comprehensive parameterization and individualization of socio-economic factors, price developments, heat generation, as well as investment and operating costs. This supports the modeling of detailed heating changes and renovation measures at the building level and provides recommendation values for optimal solutions[4].

The DigiKoo team consists of highly qualified employees working in the fields of energy economics, network economics, data science, and data engineering. Key personnel include Dr. Catharina Friedrich (CEO), Hans Peter Rothenberg (CFO), Muhsin Cinar (CTO), and Sebastian Wimmer, who heads the heating department. The company places great importance on continuous development and innovation to offer customers top-notch products and services[1][4].

Through close collaboration with experts and municipal representatives, as well as participation in industry-relevant events and conferences, DigiKoo actively contributes to shaping the energy and climate transition and supports the implementation of ambitious climate goals by 2045.

• 1 - https://live.handelsblatt.com/digikoo-gmbh-die-kommunale-waermeplanung-mit-dem-waermekonzept-der-digikoo-effizient-und-digital-gestalten/
• 2 - https://tool.energy4climate.nrw/branchenfuehrer-erneuerbare/company.html?hash=a2V5MTA3MQ%2C%2C
• 3 - https://www.cbinsights.com/company/digikoo
• 4 - https://digikoo.de/unternehmen/
• 5 - https://digikoo.de